Midwives are outraged after an unexpected and delayed Ministry of Health email popped up in their inbox yesterday informing them they wouldn't be paid until January 10 next year.
The email, seen by the Herald, was sent at 4.04pm yesterday advising Lead Maternity Care (LMC) midwives that they had until 3.30pm that day to make a pay claim, otherwise they couldn't be paid for another two weeks.
Essentially, they had already missed the deadline when the email landed.
"My mum is a midwife and can't get paid till the 10th of January. She cant afford to have a holiday or buy food herself," midwife's daughter told the Herald.